Capital Market

Stocks Extend Decline as Investors Reduce Exposure

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigerian Stocks on Wednesday extended its decline for the third consecutive session as the all-share index (ASI) dropped by 0.28 percent to close at 27,478.04 points. “Today’s negative performance increased the Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date losses to 3.03 percent and 4.20 percent respectively,” according to reports […]

BRVM Emerges First Stock Market for Islamic Finance in Africa to List Five Sukuks amounting to $1.3 Billion

By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Regional Stock Exchange (BRVM) on Wednesday said it has admitted in its listing the first five Sukuks issued by Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and Togo, on the sidelines of the 2nd Forum on Islamic Finance in Africa held in Abidjan “The first listing reflects the commitment of […]

IOSCO-CPMI Unveils Report on Harmonisation of critical OTC derivatives data elements (other than UTI and UPI) – second batch

October 19, 2016/IOSCO-CPMI The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International OrganiSation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have today published for public comment a consultative report on Harmonisation of critical OTC derivatives data elements (other than UTI and UPI) – second batch. The report responds to the G20’s […]